Entries by Tobias Lutzi

Out Now: Gridel, Financial Markets and Instruments in Private International Law. A European and French Perspective A European and French Perspective

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The multiple-award-winning book by Augustin Gridel (Université de Lorraine), Marchés et instruments financiers en droit international privé (Bruylant 2023), has just been published in English under the title Financial Markets and Instruments in Private International Law. A European and French Perspective. It features a preface by Louis D’Avout and a foreword by Christine Lagarde.

English and EU Perspectives on Hague 2019: Hybrid Seminar at UCL Laws

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Ugljesa Grusic (UCL) has kindly shared the following invitation with us. On 24 March 2025, at 6pm UK time, Marta Pertegás (Maastricht University; University of Antwerp; a fulltime member of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law between 2008 and 2017) and Alex Mills (UCL; a Specialist Editor of Dicey, Morris […]

Seminar: Gender-based violence across borders: challenges and opportunities to establishing routes to safety in a migratory world

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Lauren Clayton-Helm and Ana Speed (both Northumbria University) are hosting a Modern Law Review funded conference at Northumbria University Law school on the 24th April entitled ‘Gender-based violence across borders: challenges and opportunities to establishing routes to safety in a migratory world’. Further information can be found on

Vacancy at the University of Bremen: Paid PhD-Researcher Position in Civil Law, Private International Law and Legal Theory

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The Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen is recruiting a doctoral researcher in Private International Law, Civil Law and Legal Theory (‘wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter’ m/w/d; salary group 13 TV-L), part time 50 per cent, starting in 2025, for a duration of 36 months. The researcher will provide scientific services in teaching to the extent of 2 SWS, […]

Bi-Annual Conference of the Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für internationales Verfahrensrecht (27–29 March, Münster)

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The German Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für internationales Verfahrensrecht, an association of German-speaking academics working on questions of international civil procedure law, will be holding its bi-annual conference at the University of Münster on 27–29 March 2025. The event is only open to members of the association. The full programme can be found

Call for Applications: Deutsches Notarinstitut (DNotI)

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The German Notarial Institute (Deutsches Notarinstitut; DNotI), located in Würzburg, is currently looking for lawyers interested in contributing to the Institute’s mission of providing expert advice to German notaries, including in cross-border settings. The full job advertisement can be found

Toothless vs. Shark-Teeth: How Anti-Suit Injunctions and Anti-Anti-Suit Orders Collide in the UniCredit Saga

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by Faidon Varesis, University of Cambridge Background The dispute in the UniCredit v. RusChem saga arose from bonds issued by UniCredit to guarantee performance under contracts for Russian construction projects, where RusChem, after terminating the contracts due to EU sanctions, initiated Russian proceedings for payment in breach of an English-law governed arbitration agreement that mandates […]